Prunella here.
I currently take 150 mg Lamictal, 225 mg Effexor XR, 100 mg Provigil and 12.5 mg Ambien CR
I wanted to get off of the Ambien, its a strange med, my psydoc changed me from regular Ambien where I was weaning down to 2 mg or so, life got very stressful and I went back to 5 mg and then 10 mg. Apparantly regular Ambien is being cracked down on as a long term script so he changed it to this new CR version, which was an even higher dose...
Well, Ambien has a weird side effect, sometimes you can't remember anything. I have recieved packages from Amazon with books I don't remember ordering, phone calls I don't recall having, and most recently an episode that landed me in a psychiatric facility. Oh that also involved a few drinky-poos and I have tossed all the booze out of the place... My friend who ended up calling 911 confiscated and flushed the Ambien, but I filled my current script and have been halving the dose.
Is anyone else taking this med? I want to never take it again....great sleep, lousy med.
I have only started theProvigil which I have seen referred to as a "mood brightener" and have seen it used for ADHD, initially it was prescribed to help with my concentration, and did help me feel more engaged in the day's activities.
I had done really well (for me) for nearly a year, and with therapy was and am becoming better able to ID mood shifts, but this time, the sh*t hit the fan. I guess I'm glad it did, since I obviously need more help, but these meds...it's all so scary.
And, yes, I get the shock feelings with Effexor too, if I miss it and when my dose was recently increased.
